Steve Wilkes, founder and CTO of Striim, was invited to comment on the need for real-time data analytics as it relates to the Super Bowl.

“The sheer technical complexity of planning and hosting a major national event like the Super Bowl can be mind boggling,” says Steve Wilkes, Co-Founder and CTO of Striim, a provider of real-time analytics software. “It is no wonder issues like the power outage at 2013’s game can occur. However, today’s real-time technologies are advancing so rapidly that some of the more egregious fiascos of past NFL games can be avoided.”